1906 Controller General Election Results

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Controller
Candidate

Political
Party

Popular Vote

Edward P. Colgan

Republican

190,407

64.72%

John Markley

Democratic

79,470

27.01%

O. H. Philbrick

Socialist

17,344

5.90%

A. B. Taynton

Prohibition

6,956

2.36%

Scattering

0.00%

Turnout

Maps

Election Notes:

Colgan received 163 votes on the Independence League ticket and 48 votes on the Union Labor ticket in San Diego County. These are included in his statewide total.
Edward Colgan would die in office on November 20, 1906, after winning re-election but prior to start of his next term. A. B. Nye was appointed on November 23, 1906 to finish the unexpired term and then reappointed on January 7, 1907 for the new term. Nye served the entire term beginning in 1907.

Demographic Data

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Source for Popular Vote data: California Secretary of State, Statement of the Vote of California at the General Election, Held November 6, 1906 (Sacramento, 1906)
Source for Population data: U.S. Census Bureau.

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